Postnatal pediatric systemic antibiotic episodes during the first three years of life are not associated with mode of delivery.

<h4>Background</h4>Delivery by cesarean section (C-section) is associated with adverse short-term and long-term infant outcomes. Given that antibiotics during early life are prescribed for infant outcomes that are more likely among c-section deliveries, we hypothesized that postnatal ant...

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Main Authors: Dominick J Lemas, Jasmine A Mack, Jennifer J Schoch, Nicole Cacho, Elizabeth Plasencia, Alice S Rhoton-Vlasak, Josef Neu, Lindsay Thompson, Magda Francois, Keval Patel, William R Hogan, Gloria P Lipori, Matthew J Gurka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0229861